Well done to you all, please mail me with your full names and postal addresses so I can arrange for your prizes to be posted. Any prizes unclaimed by Thursday 5th January will be re-drawn and new winners notified by email or blog comment.

And we would love Marianne to join us at our February Guest Designer, please mail me so I can tell you all about our theme for that month.

Please pop on Sunday when we will have a new challenge for you with lots more lovely prizes.

Sunday, 18 December 2016

Good morning Peeps, time for our mid month inspirational post following our theme of 'Black and white plus one', lots of lovely entries so far but if your Christmas preparations have been keeping you too busy to join in there is still plenty of time to join in as the challenge runs until 28th December.

So here is what the DT have come up with to help inspire you...........................

Sunday, 4 December 2016

Good morning and welcome to our December challenge where this month our theme is..........

********Black and White plus one********

So as the title suggests we want to see just the one colour along with black and white, please don't be tempted to add other colours as you entry is unlikely to be eligible.

As always you can use any make of stamp and enter up to threw times, but we must see hand stamping as the focal element of your artwork, it can be a stamped image/s, large sentiment or quote....... the one exception are Penny Black Stickeroos. But no digi images.Please note:

If we do not comment on your entry it will be because it does not follow the theme, qualify under our rules, or because we are asked to sign in or provide additional data to comment. We do not want to be rude but we do want to be fair to those who do follow the rules.

Penny Black invite you to explore their creative world and see for yourself why their rubber stamps, stickers, beautiful papers for scrapbooking, cardmaking and stamp crafting are everyone’s favourites. Their products are designed to integrate style and colour for creating the best handicraft projects ever. If you would like to be one of the first to hear about new products from Penny Black please click here to join the free club, plus their Facebook is full of activity and news.

Marianne Design is a Dutch owned craft manufacturer. The company was established in 1994 by Marianne Perlot and is based in the Netherlands. For years now, we develop all our products with much care and quality. We have a practical understanding of the needs of crafters, we integrate product development, design and customer service to bring fresh ideas and beautiful products to the craft industry. All to enable the consumer to make beautiful cards, scrapbooks and other projects and enjoy this wonderful hobby. We produce a wide range of products which represent a complete concept of paper crafts. There are different lines of stamps and dies with matching papers and materials to decorate your card or scrap. Products are chosen carefully for mixing and matching and stimulating creativity.

Crafty Ribbons is a ribbon emporium, we are passionate about ribbons and want to share our fantastic ribbons with others. Our range of Christmas ribbons is second to none. Remember when we only used ribbons to add a bow to our hair, or tie up a birthday parcel ? Ribbons are now a "must-have" for all types of craft. Whether your project requires satin, sheer, silk, grosgrain, gingham or polka dot ribbon we have them all! Lots and lots of different colours in a range of widths. Need a little bit of ribbon inspiration - then have a look at our projects on our blog,or visit our Inspiration blog,or maybe join in with us at our Challenge blog. Go on, have a look... It's worth it !

And there is an extra prize from our very own Sam who has been over-buying again on the Penny Black stamps.....................

We have two Guest Designers this month, first up is my team mate from Allsorts Kath who has made a very striking card to share with us..................

And here are the cards from the Design Team, as this is our last challenge of 2016 it seems an appropriate time for me to thank them all for their hard work during the year, you are all a joy to work with and without you the challenge just wouldn't run as smoothly...................

And the collection of ribbons fromCrafty Ribbons ......................

Jane- not claimed, re-drawn 9/12 and new winner Amy notified

Congratulations to you all, please mail me before 8th December and don't forgot to include your full name and postal address so I can send your prizes. Any prizes unclaimed by that date will be re-drawn and new winners notified by email or blog comment.

We have another new theme for you this month so please pop back on Sunday to check it out and all the lovely prizes to be won.